I created a safe zone in the nightmare world.

After leaving Tiannan City, the Ark of Salvation headed north towards the Dark Forest region.

Now that the research departments of the safe zone have officially moved to the island headquarters, Tian Hua and other researchers only use the power of the Ark to go to a certain area for on-site investigation when needed.

The Ark is now under the full control of the security department, which has also established a separate exploration team.

The objective, of course, is to use the power of the Ark to quickly explore various areas.

"There are only about seven or eight major areas where humans are relatively active. We know very little about the other areas."

"Are there hidden dangers in the environment of these places...?"

Shi An needs to understand.

The mission of the Ark of Salvation is to investigate the cataclysmic disaster, but it's not just about that disaster. Shi An needs to understand more about the outside world to avoid being caught off guard by any unexpected situations.

"After all, according to the powerful beings from other civilizations, it's difficult for us to have a stable opportunity for development."

"However, according to observations, the strange lords that have been discovered in the Whispering Forest and the Pale Wasteland have not yet shown any signs of awakening." Deep within the nightmare, in a certain region.

This is a desolate wasteland, with dried-up riverbeds and weathered hills, only eerie creatures with ferocious appearances swimming about.

This area is very unsuitable for human habitation.

Even in the eerie and mysterious forests, there are still many trees—even the mostly dead ancient trees have some value. In forest areas, at least some suitable land can be found for planting.

The adjacent pale wasteland is a complex and eerie environment hidden among the buildings, making it dangerous for the Dreamers to explore.

However, the entire Pale Wasteland is an abandoned city, and there are many supplies that can be found inside the buildings. Some Dreamers even found food that had not yet expired in an abandoned supermarket.

For the Lost Ones and camp factions, environments like the Pale Wasteland are actually easier to survive in.

But if Shi An could overlook the entire wasteland, he would discover…

There are also some dilapidated buildings in the wasteland area.

The architectural style of the Pale Wasteland is similar to that of present-day Blue Star, but even the remaining ruins here reveal a unique style. Many buildings bear a sun-like symbol.

There aren't many dilapidated buildings; they're just scattered here and there within the vast wilderness. It's as if most have been buried in the dust of history, with only a few remaining.

However, in the heart of the wasteland, surrounded by countless rocky mountains, there are vast ruins of buildings, suggesting that this place was once a bustling metropolis.

Within the city ruins, only an eerie presence lingers.

They were humanoid, hovering slightly off the ground. Their bodies were pale gray, covered with eerie black lines. But the most striking feature was a pale orange sun mark on their foreheads, similar to the most common patterns on the surrounding buildings. These creatures clearly lacked self-awareness, wandering aimlessly day after day.

Normally, this silence would continue until an outsider broke in.

But suddenly,

Deep within the city ruins, in an underground space.

The place was empty, with a huge and mysterious array pattern painted on the ground, which could be vaguely seen to be the shape of a sun.

In the center of the massive array, a coffin sat quietly.

The coffin lay silent for countless years, until today…

"Clang~ Clang~ Clang~"

The coffin lid suddenly slid open to one side and crashed to the ground with a thud.

Inside the coffin lay a humanoid corpse. The corpse resembled the wandering monster outside, its pale gray body covered in black stripes. The difference was that this monster wore a magnificent robe, which, despite the passage of time, showed no signs of decay.

suddenly,

The sun mark on the corpse's forehead lit up.

At first, it only emitted a faint orange-yellow glow, but then the glow became increasingly brilliant and dazzling.

Turn orange!

Turn into gold!

A brilliant golden light rose like the sun in the underground hall.

The corpse opened its eyes.

"What year is it now?"

He murmured to himself and slowly sat up straight.

After a long while, the mysterious powerful figure slowly raised his head, his gaze piercing through the thick earth to the surface of the ground.

"So that's how it is. Our Sunbeam civilization has been destroyed."

The Sunrise Civilization was once a formidable civilization!

This race possesses a unique innate talent: they can restore their strength and replenish their nutrients by absorbing sunlight. Theoretically, as long as they receive sunlight, they can even survive indefinitely without food or water.

Such talent is not considered powerful, but when the Dreamers of the Sunrise Civilization embark on the path of cultivation and evolve to the Transcendent Realm or even the Ascension Realm, their talent for absorbing sunlight also increases.

Each member of their race possesses remarkable potential, making them stronger than Dreamers from other early-stage civilizations at the same level.

They had the opportunity to keep moving forward in the sea of ​​nightmares until they finally stood firm in the depths of the nightmares.

However,

The Sunrise Civilization encountered a highly targeted catastrophe—the Sun Annihilation Disaster.

Thus, the Sunrise civilization perished.

"But before our demise, our final plan barely succeeded."

The last leader of the Sunrise Civilization murmured, "We have transformed our remaining people into monsters. Theoretically, our civilization has perished, and the Sun's Destruction Calamity will naturally disappear as well."

"We succeeded, but it can't be called a success, because we transformed into the bizarre."

Once you become a monster, you lose control of your own destiny.

His memory is fragmented, and he must act according to rules, as if he were a puppet on a string in a nightmare.

"But we still have a chance."

"In this era, another civilization must have fallen into ruin, plunging into a nightmare world. By finding this civilization and replacing it, we can regain our freedom."

"Perhaps I cannot regain my human form, but I can establish a civilization with a mysterious identity and continue my Sunrise Civilization."

He murmured.

He got up and stepped out of the coffin.

He stood in the center of the Sun Radiance Array, his aura rising steadily. An invisible force spread out, enveloping the entire ruined city and landing on the wandering, eerie creatures outside.

"Revive, my people!"

Outside, all the wandering monsters paused, but after a moment, other colors appeared in their murky eyes.

Confused!

excitement!

Helpless!

cry!

And gradually knelt down, facing the direction of the ruined city center.

"Go, my people, go and bring back the latest news from the outside world."

"May the glory of our Sunbeam tribe endure forever."

"The glory will last forever."

Nightmare World, somewhere.

Hidden in the mountain valley is a human camp with over a thousand survivors, making it one of the most powerful camps in the area. "It's been two years. Our Azure Camp has been established for two years now."

"We've walked on thin ice, cautiously exploring, surviving, and developing, dodging one deadly calamity after another, and finally arrived at this day," a transcendent being from the camp sighed. "Fortunately, we've finally passed the most difficult stage. This time, our Azure Camp's elite team has returned from the Land of Revelation, including eleven peak-stage Third Refinement Realm cultivators, all of whom have found their own transcendent rituals."

"Even if only half, or even a third, of our people advance to the extraordinary level, the pressure on our Azure Camp will be greatly relieved."

"In two or three months at most, our Azure Camp will have a few more Transcendent Realm experts. At that time, we will also be able to conquer those resource sites, and our Azure Camp will soon enter a rapid development phase, with a great chance of being promoted to Azure Town."

"Ha ha ha ha"

Several extraordinary individuals envisioned the future.

suddenly,

Dang dang dang dang

An alarm was sounded in the camp; it was the highest level of alert.

The expressions of the several extraordinary individuals changed drastically. They quickly came out of the house and saw...

Not far away, gray clouds sank down, and a colossal figure emerged from beneath them.

This is an ancient multi-storied ship. The ship looks old and is covered with mottled marks. The sails are also tattered. The hull is covered with a lot of seaweed, and thick tentacles are emerging from more than a dozen holes in the hull, constantly waving.

"This isn't some kind of floating ship, it's a monster! An extremely terrifying monster!"

The extraordinary individuals were already visibly shaken.

They sensed a chilling aura emanating from the eerie building.

The towering ship pressed down eerily.

A tentacle extended and crashed down.

"boom!"

The houses along the line were smashed to pieces, and many survivors died on the spot.

A supernatural being spoke up: "I'll hold off this monster. You all quickly evacuate the survivors!"

A pair of wings suddenly sprouted from his back, lifting him into the air.

This extraordinary individual's talent is an extremely rare ability to fly.

Being able to fly is an enormous advantage, since some advanced stages cannot fly.

This extraordinary expert, wielding a spell-wielding spear, fired a series of shots.

next moment,

"Pfft"

The tentacles flashed like a black shadow, and when the winged man regained his senses, he found that his entire chest cavity had been pierced through.

Grayish-white feathers grew from the pierced wound. This was an innate self-protective ability.

But it was too weak, far from enough to protect its entire body.

bang

With the churning of the thick tentacles, the winged superhuman's entire body exploded.

Before long, the vast Azure Camp was destroyed, and the vast majority of the Dreamers perished.

Only then did this terrifying and bizarre Ascension Realm being slowly rise into the air and disappear into the gray clouds.

It comes quickly and goes quickly.

However, it brought about a devastating catastrophe.

A large camp was completely powerless in the face of such a disaster.

The destruction of the Azure Camp did not cause much of a stir, because the destruction was too swift, with only a very few weak Dreamers surviving by sheer luck.

The extraordinary experts and elites of the third level of the cultivation realm in the camp have all been wiped out.

Of the entire Azure Camp, only one exploration team that happened to be out on missions survived, but this team was led by only a third-level cultivator. None of them were members of the safe zone, and their own survival had become difficult after the camp's destruction.

Shi An had not heard of the destruction of a large camp.

But he heard about it...

"A member once saw from afar a terrifying, eerie figure, seemingly at the Ascension Realm, sweep across the clouds. It disappeared quickly, but a chilling aura remained."

"The strange phenomena at the Ascension Realm are relatively few, but the extraordinary strange phenomena seem to have become much more active."

Before this, most supernatural and bizarre creatures only roamed a certain area, which was similar to lord-type creatures.

But now there's an unexpected situation.

Some supernatural beings will leave their area and their movements will become irregular.

"Some members have reported that the current map's danger markers are no longer reliable! A slight mishap could lead to encountering a strange and supernatural entity suddenly appearing!"

Even now, with many members of the Transcendent Realm in the safe zone, these teams still face immense survival pressure when confronted with multiple Transcendent Anomalies, or Transcendent Realm late-stage or Transcendent Realm Perfection Anomalies.

They could suffer casualties if they were even slightly careless.

"We can improve the spell detector and enhance its early warning range. This is the most direct and effective way to deal with unexpected events." Shi An directly assigned the task to the research department and various outsourced project teams.

There are now many research and development teams in the safe zone, and with the epic building "Ling Guangming" in the background, Shi An is full of confidence despite the fact that the safe zone's technological foundation is still weak.

"But of course, ultimately it all comes down to strength."

"Only when the members' overall strength is improved will we no longer feel so precarious."

Shi An opened the panel.

The panel doesn't actually display member information or levels, but Shi An created a sub-frame using his power of belief and recorded it. As long as a Dream Faller enters the safe zone, he knows their exact level, so there's no possibility of misjudgment.

For example, the Cloud Mist Master and Director Liu Yan, who came to the safe zone island area before, were both only at the early stage of the Ascension Realm.

Even Yunwu Shangren, the strongest person in Tiannan City, is only at the initial stage.

It has to be said that Shi An was somewhat surprised.

"It may be difficult to advance to the next level."

"It's very likely that Thor in Gray Harbor City is only at the early stage of the Ascension Realm."

Shi An looked at the panel.

Among the employees in the safe zone, apart from the Five Evils, there are three extraordinary individuals in the mission department: Yang Linna, Wu Qing, and another veteran employee; there are also three extraordinary individuals in the research department.

The management team consists of four people.

The security department has the largest number of Transcendent Realm personnel; in total, there are a full twenty-six Transcendent Realm employees just in the security zone alone. This is even with Shi An not hiring much.

In Baijiang City, excluding employees of the safe zone like Yang Linna and Wu Qing, the number of extraordinary powerhouses has exceeded seventy.

Currently, among the twenty action teams of the Baijiang Countermeasures Bureau, seventeen captains are at the Transcendent Realm.

The Wizarding House and the Ultimate Martial Arts School have also produced quite a few new extraordinary individuals.

There are naturally many more extraordinary individuals among the general public.

Furthermore, there are still quite a few Dream Fallers in Baijiang City who are at the Third Refinement Realm and may advance in a short period of time.

The number of extraordinary individuals in Lindong City and Chongshan City is slightly less, but it still exceeds forty.

In addition, there are other Lost factions such as Giantwood Camp, Stone Village Camp, and Red Maple Town.

The Stone Village camp once had only four extraordinary individuals, but now it has a total of nine.

The combined number of Transcendent Realm experts from all the Lost Ones factions is no less than that of the three cities of Baijiang.

All things considered,

There are approximately three hundred members in the Safe Zone who have reached the Transcendent Realm!

even more.

"Leaving aside the members of Tiannan City, the number of Transcendent Realm experts in my safe zone has already significantly surpassed that of Tiannan City and Gray Harbor City."